Horses, hats and hoopla: The Del Mar Racetrack celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a record crowd of 47,339 and hats that are parties unto themselves.

Ocean adventures: Tourists aboard the Ocean Odyssey whale-watching ship see a killer whale five miles off the San Diego coast. It wanted to come closer, but it was afraid of the jellyfish.

Phil’s BBQ: The local restaurant’s “El Toro” tri-tip sandwich is named West Coast regional winner in the Travel Channel’s “Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America” sammie smackdown. Stand in line now, and you might get your Toro by the time Phil’s episode airs on Wednesday.

Duty-free shoppers: The San Diego International Airport will be opening a duty-free store stocked with discounted liquor, tobacco and perfume for its international passengers. Noninternational passengers are encouraged to stock up on duty-free peanuts.

Luis Castillo: The San Diego Chargers release the oft-injured defensive end from his contract. Chargers fans are not prostrate with grief.

The (censorship) free press: We’ll make some scathing comments about this, just as soon as we get approval from the Obama and Romney camps.

New York: The Big Apple loses a chunk of civic pride when the Knicks let Jeremy Lin go to the Houston Rockets. Local tabloids mourn loss of Lin-sanity headline opportunities.

Emmy snubs: No best-comedy nomination for “The New Girl.” No drama nomination for “The Good Wife.” Where is our “Downton Abbey” fainting couch when we need it?

Slowest bullet train ever: Gov. Jerry Brown approves the sale of $2.6 billion in bonds for construction of the first 130-mile segment of the bullet train. Only a few billion dollars and a few hundred miles to go!